The North Carolina Tar Heels women's lacrosse team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's lacrosse[2] and currently competes as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

[2] The North Carolina women's lacrosse team won the ACC tournament in 2002 and their first Division 1 national championship in 2013.

I focused on what I knew and could do.”[4] The task of creating a successful women's lacrosse team was challenging; during the preliminary years of the program Levy had only a part-time assistant and a small budget.

[5] She still managed to bring in talented recruits, some of which were transfers and some were members of the UNC women's soccer team, which at the time had 14 NCAA Championships in 16 years.

[5] Levy stated, “we rose pretty quickly, but there was not a lot of foundation, and it is very hard to establish tradition when you are a young program; sitting where I am today, I have learned that it takes a while to establish things that identify with the program that is unique to just that program.”[5] Although the task at hand was difficult the Tar Heels started out with success early on with a 12–4 record in its first varsity season of 1996.

Conference tournament champion When asked about constructing a national championship-type team, Head Coach Levy stated that “its not just a one-year thing for us.

[3] These two losses were crucial to the team's success in the NCAA tournament because they eventually took down the Terrapins in a triple-overtime thriller to secure their first national championship in the 18-year program history.

"[9] 2013 Season Performance First Team All Americans Tewaaraton Finalists The Tar Heels have appeared in 24 NCAA tournaments.